Ian Stirling (biologist)

Ian Grote Stirling
Born(1941-09-26)September 26, 1941
Nkana, Zambia[1]
DiedMay 14, 2024(2024-05-14) (aged 82)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
CitizenshipCanadian
Alma mater
Known forPolar bears
SpouseStella
Children3
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisPopulation ecology of the Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli) in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica (1968)
Doctoral advisorBernard Stonehouse
Other academic advisorsJames F. Bendell
Notes
See obituary in The Vancouver Sun

Ian Grote Stirling OC FRSC (September 26, 1941 – May 14, 2024)[2][3] was a research scientist with Environment and Climate Change Canada and an adjunct professor in the University of Alberta Department of Biological Sciences.[4][5] His research has focused mostly on Arctic and Antarctic zoology and ecology, and he was one of the world's top authorities on polar bears.[6]

Stirling authored five non-technical books and more than 250 articles published in peer-reviewed science journals.[4] Over the course of his career, and well into his retirement from Environment Canada in 2007, when he became a scientist emeritus, he wrote and spoke extensively about the danger posed to polar bears by global warming.[7]

  1. ^ "Ian Stirling". remembering.ca. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
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  3. ^ Wenger, Dr Michael. "The polar retrospective – Polar bear researcher Ian Stirling dies at 82". Polarjournal. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  4. ^ a b "Kenneth S. Norris Lifetime Achievement Award". Marine Mammal Science. 32 (1): 10–12. 2016. Bibcode:2016MMamS..32...10.. doi:10.1111/mms.12294. ISSN 0824-0469.
  5. ^ "The Council of Science Editors (CSE) - 2007 Annual Meeting". Councilscienceeditors.org. Archived from the original on April 3, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ "CBC News Indepth: Polar Bears". Cbc.ca. 6 July 2004. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ Post, Eric; Forchhammer, Mads C.; Bret-Harte, M. Syndonia; Callaghan, Terry V.; Christensen, Torben R.; Elberling, Bo; Fox, Anthony D.; Gilg, Olivier; Hik, David S.; Høye, Toke T.; Ims, Rolf A.; Jeppesen, Erik; Klein, David R.; Madsen, Jesper; McGuire, A. David (2009-09-11). "Ecological Dynamics Across the Arctic Associated with Recent Climate Change". Science. 325 (5946): 1355–1358. Bibcode:2009Sci...325.1355P. doi:10.1126/science.1173113. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 19745143.

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